Beef
Latest figures show there were "518,404 movements" of cattle through- into and out of - dealer herd numbers last year.
From July 1 of this year, Irish herds importing livestock from non-EU countries will be restricted for a period of 30 days.
Agri Politics
Changes to existing farm-to-farm movement requirements are both unnecessary and unfair, and will simply multiply paperwork, according to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA).
The animal identification and movement system (AIM) is not used to penalise farmers, according to Minister Creed.
Some factories are using movement records from the AIM system as a trade distorting measure to pay lower prices, ICOS' Ray Doyle said.
Every winter a significant number of cattle are housed and fed in rented sheds, whilst farmers placing there animals in a bed and breakfast (B&B) should be aware of all the regulations, according to Teagasc.
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed and the beef forum have been called on to deal with the problem of the recording of farm to farm cattle movements
